as in souls
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions
an intensely private individual, he treats his inner space as sacred ground that is off-limits to other people
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Noun
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Finally, the news came that at least 56 souls had been killed in the strikes.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026 -
Trump has always been a mirror for other people’s souls, an X-ray revealing America’s dysfunction.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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What the museum dream team did not see was the pain in our hearts about this jail.—
Dorothy Jenkins Fields,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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My message this week is about not letting our hearts be troubled, and Jesus is the way.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Blood and guts are flying everywhere when silence takes over the arena.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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Okonjo-Iweala had the guts to go for it.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Police also confirm in court papers that additional bones and eight corpses were discovered in a storage locker.—
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Torney was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer with recurring tumors that eat away at bone marrow, damaging bones and the immune system.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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With cancellations and delays at the top of travelers' minds, especially only weeks before Thanksgiving, here is what to know.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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It is criminalized, typically as reckless endangerment, but isn’t categorized in the minds of normal people as a social crime.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Inner spaces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inner%20spaces. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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